Ambulance-coach.



M. A. HEYDEGKBR.

AMBULANCE COACH. APPLIOATION FILED snr'r. 27, 1909.

980,780. Patented Jan 3, 1911.

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AMBULANCE COACH.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27. 1909.

980,780. Patented Jan.3, 1911.

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M. A. HEYDEOKER. AMBULANCE comm. APPLIOATION FILED-SEPT. 2'7, 1909.

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UNITED STATS PATEN T OFFICE.

MARY A. HEYDECKER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AMBULANCE-COACH.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY A. HEYDEOKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Ambulance-Coaches, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in means for transporting invalids,and the same has for its object more particularly to provide a vehiclehaving the external appearance of an ordinary automobile, and

which is so constructed that the same may be used either as a pleasurevehicle or as an ambulance, as desired.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide an ambulance coachin which access may be had thereto from both of its sides and from therear thereof.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide an automobileambulance coach which is so constructed that the litter or bed may beintroduced into the body thereof from the back of the vehicle, andsupported within said body at one side thereof, partly upon the rearseat, and partly upon a support provided upon the inner side of thefront of the vehicle body.

To the attainment of the aforesaid object and ends, my inventionconsists in the novel details of construction, and in the combination,connection and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described andthen pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is aside view partly broken away and in section showing one form ofambulance coach made according to, and embodying my said invention; Fig.2 is a section taken on the line 22; Fig. 3 is a rear or end view of thesame; Fig. 1 is an enlarged section on the line 44 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 isan enlarged detail side view showing one of the resilient plates, andone of the locking devices for the lower hinged back section, and Fig. 6is a detail section taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

In said drawings 10 designates the vehicle as a whole, comprising aframe 11 provided with wheels 11 11 mounted upon springs 12 12, in theusual manner.

13 denotes the body of the vehicle provided at its front with a seat 14for the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 27, 1909.

Patented Jan. 3, 1911. Serial No. 519,750.

driver, and upon the opposite sides of said body to the rear of thedrivers seat 14: are provided hinged doors 13 13, and a plurality ofwindows 15 15. The rear portion of the body is composed of two verticalends or sides 16 16 which extend from the bottom of the body 13 to thetop 17 thereof, and intermediate said sides is arranged a solid lowerportion 18 which is hinged at its lower edge to the bottom of thevehicle, and upon the inner sides of said ends 16 16 are securedhorizontal resilient members 19 19 having their free portions extendinginward beyond the inner edges of the ends or sides 16 16 which stopsserve to limit the inward movement of the hinged back portion 17, andhold the same against vibration. Upon the inner side of said lowerportion 18, adjacent to its upper edge are provided hook members 20 20,and upon the inner sides of the ends 16 16 are pivotally secured levers21 21 adapted to engage with said hooks 20 20 on said lower portion 18whereby to hold the same secured in position intermediate said ends 1616. The upper edge of the lower back portion 18 is rabbeted as are alsothe opposite edges of the ends 16 16 above said lower back portion 18.

22 denotes a frame which is pivotally secured along its upper edge byhinges 23 23 to the top of the vehicle body which frame is adapted tofit into the rabbeted portions of the ends 16 16, and the lower hingedback portion 18. The frame 22 is provided with a glass or transparentsection 24:, and upon its inner side at its lower edge said frame isprovided with bifurcated members 25 25, which are adapted to engagesecuring devices 26 26 arranged upon the inner surface of the lowerhinged back portion 18, whereby to secure said frame in its closedposition, or to engage with similar securing devices 27 27 provided uponthe under-side of the top of the body 13, whereby to secure said hingedframe in its raised open position. The securing devices 26 and 27 areeach composed of a base 28 having a flat projecting portion 29 extendingoutwardly from said base, and a fiat revoluble head 30 arranged to workupon said projection 29.

31 denotes a seat provided at the rear of the body portion, adapted toreceive a pair of cushions which serve completely to cover said seat 31when the vehicle is'used as a pleasure vehicle, and upon the inner-sideof the front of the body 13 in the same horithe vehicle is to be usedfor ambulance purzontal plane with the top of the seat 31 is secured arecessed bracket or support 32.

33 denotes a frame provided adjacent to one end with a downwardlyextending projection 35 which is adapted to be received by the recessedbracket or support 32, and at its other end with a hinged portion 36provided with a pivoted brace 37 adapted to engage the rack 34, and 37denotes a mattress disposed upon said frame 33 and hinged portion 36.

Upon the inner-sides of the wheel-housings 38 are secured eyes 39 39,and in the floor of the vehicle body directly below said eyes 39 39 areprovided sockets 40 40. Each of said eyes 39 with its socket 10therebelow is adapted to receive the spindle ll of a chair 12.

Below the rear seat 31 is provided a metal lined receptacle 43 providedwith a removable cover 44: adapted to receive ice or other material.

The operation of the vehicle is as follows: When the same is to be usedas a pleasure car it merely becomes necessary to remove the bed frame 33and mattress 37 and place a cushion upon the back seat 31 to occupy theplace previously used to support one end of the frame 33, and theninsert the spindle 41 of a chair 12 into the eye 39 and socket 10provided below the bed frame 33. \Vhen poses, the left hand cushion andrevolving chair 42 must be removed, and thereupon the hinged upper backsection 22 raised and secured against the top of the vehicle, and thenthe locking devices 21 of the lower back section released, and saidlower section dropped, as indicated by dotted lines at Fig. 1. Hereuponthe bed frame 33 with its mattress 37 thereon are inserted into thebody, and the projection at the lower end of said frame disposed withinthe recessed bracket 32. Hereupon the lower back section 18 is againraised and secured in posit-ion by the locking devices 21 21. When thesaid back is secured in its closed position, its inner upholstered orpadded surface will contact with the upper end of the bed frame 33 andhold the same firmly in place upon said bracket 32 and rear seat 31. Thehinged top section 22 is then lowered and secured by the locking devices26 2G to the lower section 18.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. An automobile ambulance comprising a frame and running gear,bodymounted upon said frame, side doors in said body, supports arranged atthe opposite ends of said body, a bed frame disposed upon said supports,a back comprising apair of hinged sections, one of said sections beingpivotally secured at its lower edge to said body, and the other of saidsections pivotally secured along its upper edge to said body resilientmembers adapted to engage said first-named hinged section, adjacent toits upper edge, and means for securing said hinged sections together andholding said bed frame in place upon said supports, substantially asspecified.

2. An automobile ambulance comprising a frame and running gear, a bodymounted on said frame, side doors in said body, supports arrangedadjacent to the opposite ends of said body, a bed frame disposed uponsaid supports, a back comprising a pair of hinged sections, one of saidsections being pivotally secured at its lower edge to said vehicle bodyadjacent to the support at the rear thereof, and the other of saidsections pivotally secured along its upper edge to said body portion,locking means arranged upon said body adapted to engage said firstnamedhinged section, adjacent to its upper edge, for securing the same inposition, and means arranged partly upon said firstnamed hinged section,and partly upon the other of said hinged sections, for securing saidhinged sections together, substantially as specified.

3. An automobile ambulance comprising a frame and running gear, a bodymounted upon said frame, side doors in said body, a recessed supportsecured within said body at the front thereof, a support arranged insaid body at the rear thereof, a bed frame adapted to rest upon saidsupports pro vided at one end with means adapted to engage said recessedsupport, a back comprising vertical end members, and upper and lowerhinged sections a1."anged intermediate said end members, the lower ofsaid hinged sections being pivotally secured at its lower edge to saidbody adjacent to the top of said rear support and the upper of saidsections being pivotally secured along its upper edge to said bodyportion adjacent to the top thereof, resilient members arranged uponsaid end members adapted to engage said lower hinged section adjacent toits upper edge, locking means for securing said hinged section inposition intermediate said end members and holding said bed frame inposition upon said supports, and locking means for securing said upperhinged section to said lower hinged section, substantially as specified.

Signed at the city of New York, borough of li Ianhattan, in the countyand State of New York, this fourth day of June, 1909.

MARY A. HEYDE CKER.

\Vitnesses Trros. F BARRY. GEORGE BAMBAY.

